Paris, France & Oslo, Norway, 23rd February, 2004 - Beep Science, the Mobile DRM experts and PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc. Inc., a world leader in mobile video and audio delivery and a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE:ALA), today announce that they have integrated a solution providing mobile carriers and content distributors with a combined Digital Rights Management (DRM) and mobile media distribution system ready for commercial roll-out.

Beep Science and PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc., have successfully tested interoperability of Beep Science's Rich Media DRM solution which is based on the upcoming version 2 of the OMA DRM standard with the PacketVideo Network Services pvServerTM. The integrated Beep Science and PacketVideo Network Solution will be demonstrated live on stand L22 Hall 4 at 3GSM.

"PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc. and Beep Science are natural partners," says Anthony Sheehan, Director Applications and Content of PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc.Patrick Parodi, General Manager Europe and Latin America of PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc. "Both companies support open standards; 3GPP / MPEG-4 in pvNS's case, with Beep Science supporting the OMA DRM standard, and both companies strive to continue to be the best at providing critical technology links for the mobile content delivery chain. Thanks to this collaboration, media companies can now generate revenue from the distribution of high-quality audio and video over mobile networks, confident that robust data rights management tools exist that can secure their content."

The integration of the Beep Science Rich Media DRM Solution with the PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc.' pvServerTM enables distributors to provide mobile content services with "state of the art" security for protection of their high quality content as well as enable the content owner to specify how the user can distribute, play and interact with the content.

The Rich Media DRM solution from Beep Science provides more extensive security than OMA DRM Version 1, which initially is targeting low value content, as well as proposing a clear roadmap towards full OMA DRM version 2 compliance. The solution is made for Symbian-enabled handsets in the first phase and comprises a downloadable client component and a server component.

"I know that the relationship between PacketVideo Network Services and Beep Science can be beneficial for both companies," says Jan Rune Hetle, CEO of Beep Science. "We are already working together on a joint customer that should launch a commercial service in the next few months. I believe that our specialization and reliance upon open standards makes our joint solution the best in the mobile market place."

About Beep Science AS
Beep Science is a leading provider of Mobile Digital Rights Management (DRM) software solutions that span the whole Mobile Content Value chain, from Creator to Consumer. The company has an end-to-end technology approach to build an independent and a sustainable Business Fulfillment Infrastructure for handling profitable and secure digital content distribution. The company represents one of the largest specialist resource centres into Mobile Digital Rights Management and has industry leading companies as customers.

Beep Science product portfolio includes rich media DRM clients, end-to-end mobile DRM content protection including server side DRM and client DRM. Beep Science offers mobile DRM services for protected content distribution B2B. Beep Science mobile DRM solutions supports and complies with the OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) industry standards DRM. Further information about Beep Science:www.beepscience.com

About PacketVideo Networks Solutions
PacketVideo Networks Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alcatel and previously a division of PacketVideo, was founded in 1998 and is recognized as the world's premier independent provider of mobilemedia software. PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc. designs and develops network-based software solutions to facilitate the distribution of multimedia-based communications, offering the pvServer product line of multimedia distribution software. pvServer has been through rigorous testing, leading to the commercial launch by over a dozen carriers, content providers and ASPs worldwide. pvServer is both 3GPP and 3GPP2 network compliant and has been designed to provide the best possible user experience given the vagaries of mobile networks. PacketVideo Network Solutions, Inc. has also extended the standards with value-added technologies such as FrameTrack and FastTrack download that provides the highest possible video quality.